This has been a good year at the bike shop. We saw lots of folks come through our giant graffitied garage door and ride out with a working bike. But when the weather turns and people spend less time on their bikes, we know its time to hit the pause button and look forward to…
The Donation
I recognize you You’re covered in stickers and your paint is chipped Rust crawls throughout your frame giving you the look of urban camouflage I have seen you many times your different forms all carry a familiarity From the obscenely heavy full-suspention to the mid-90’s hard-tail I can tell we’ve met before Formerly knobby…
How I got my wife to bike with me
Part of the idea with this blog (and the shop) is to encourage people to ride their bikes more often. I’m convinced that once a person catches the ‘bug’ of cycling, they will be a convert. They will realize how good it makes them feel to cycle, how much money it saves, how efficient it…
Millionaires are made one bike ride at a time
There are lots of reasons I ride a bike. For the last couple of years, one of those reasons is financial. I always realized that choosing to bike instead of drive was the cheaper option, but I didn’t know how big a difference it could make. Not only is there the obvious cost savings like…
The Bike Lanes
There is an abundance of road construction in Bowness right now. Particularly east of the train tracks, where a bike lane is going to be painted on the soon to be newly paved Bowness road! The construction has lead to some congestion, and yesterday I noticed it was as bad as its been all summer. …
Reason to Ride
I am interested in the reasons people choose to use the bicycle as a form of transportation. There are many reasons people give for why they don’t bike, and it’s worth getting into those also. But for now, why do you choose the bike? The reason I started, about 11 years ago, using the bike…
If you like it then you shoulda’ put it on a bike
There are tens of thousands of people who ride their bikes daily in Calgary. That is a fantastic reality. I would guess that over 90% of the trips people take on their bike serve the purpose of moving one person (the rider) from one place to another. Many would have panniers or backpacks with clothes,…
What is a community bike shop?
What is a ‘community bike shop’? A community bike shop is a place where you can fix your own bike. The shop has bike stands, tools, and volunteers who will help you with this. They won’t fix it for you but will help you to fix your own bike. That is how we define it…